ASELSAN Developed by and designed to protect aircraft from advanced missile threats YILDIRIM-100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) System, successfully completed effectiveness tests using real missiles with warheads. This important development once again demonstrated Türkiye's competence in defense industry and laser technology.
The YILDIRIM-100 system sends multi-band laser energy to guided missiles aimed at aircraft, dulling the missile's seeker head and thus deflecting the missile's direction and preventing it from reaching air platforms. Significantly increases survivability. YILDIRIM-100, which can neutralize heat-seeking missiles with laser under various threat scenarios, proves that ASELSAN has developed game-changing technologies that are required in the modern warfare field in its 50th proud year. With this system, Turkey has gained the highest level of laser technology and a competence that few countries have.
Smart Technology That Changes the Direction of Missiles
YILDIRIM-100 can work in integration with different missile warning systems and flare throwers on the platform. A sensitive gimbal When the system detects an approaching guided missile, it sends laser energy to blind the seeker head and causes the missile to confuse its target.
The system is synchronized against heat-seeking missiles thanks to its sensitive tracking unit and laser unit, multi-band guided laser It also includes a control unit that communicates with the missile warning system. YILDIRIM-100, which can operate under multiple threat scenarios, with low power consumption and high availability It stands out as a technology that will create a multiplier effect in the field.
Statement from Defense Industry President Haluk Görgün
Making a statement regarding the development from the official X account, President of Defense Industries Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün“We have confirmed the high technological competence we have in the YILDIRIM-100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) System with a successfully completed test process against real missiles with warheads,” he said.
Stating that with this system, which has been under development for a long time, Türkiye's air platforms have been protected against guided missile threats and their survivability has been advanced, Görgün said, "The highest level we have reached in laser technology is no longer just an achievement, is a constantly developing area of our competence.“These statements emphasize Türkiye’s determination to achieve its goals of self-sufficiency and leadership in defense technologies.
